What good is a central location if there will be little parking or room when
we get there? I vote Mountain Vista Park, where ever it is (I haven't
checked mapquest yet).
Alan
On Wednesday 05 September 2001 07:36 pm, you wrote:
> Okay guys, we're down to crunch time at this point. I've not heard any
> suggestions of alternate parks from anyone else other than Nathan. At this
> point, we have two parks from which to choose:
> Encanto Park
> Mountain Vista Park
>
> Since I've dumped copious information about Encanto out on the list before,
> I'll be brief with the pros and cons of both:
> Encanto:
> Pros:
> Centrally Located
> Large Facilities
> Amusement Park
>
> Cons:
> Few parking locations
> Park fills within 1-2 hours
> Can't rent a Gazebo
>
> Mountain Vista:
> Pros:
> Light park load (the 15th is completely open)
> Large Facilities
>
> Cons:
> Not centrally located (48th St. and Knox Rd.)
>
> I know little about this park, but I'm going to setup a meeting with the
> park manager tomorrow after 1pm. The biggest pushes going for it is the
> fact that it's lightly loaded, so there's a good chance for us all to find
> parking, etc without a problem. More on this tomorrow.
>
> Also, lemme know who is bringing what to the pot-luck -- I'll post a list
> at http://psy.ed.asu.edu/~phoenix/ , unless someone else already has done
> this job.
>
> Finally, how many can we expect to this pot-luck? The entire list, or a
> handful (say, around 30-40 people)?
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